1520s in architecture

Buildings

 * c. 1520
 * Lupton's Range (third side of the Eton School Yard), with Lupton's Tower, designed by architect Henry Redman, completed at Eton College in England.
 * Metz Cathedral in the Duchy of Lorraine completed by construction of south transept.
 * Rebuilding of San Giacomo Scossacavalli in Rome begun by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (completed 1592).
 * 1521
 * Château de Chenonceau built in the French Loire Valley.
 * Rebuilding of Hampton Court Palace near London completed by Cardinal Wolsey.
 * 1522 – Vilnius City wall completed, including the Gate of Dawn.
 * 1523 – Completion of Saint-Jacques Tower, Paris.
 * 1525
 * Laurentian Library in Florence designed by Michelangelo.
 * Rebuilding of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham, England, probably to the design of John Wastell (died 1515), completed.
 * Rebuilding of Segovia Cathedral begun by Juan Gil de Hontañón.
 * Palazzo del Te, Mantua, begun by Giulio Romano.
 * 1527 – Kabuli Bagh Mosque in Panipat, Mughal Empire, built.
 * 1528
 * St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England completed.
 * Zhaosi Hall, Wuxi, China completed.

Events

 * Jacopo Sansovino is appointed chief architect and superintendent of properties (Protomaestro or Proto) to the Procurators of San Marco in Venice.

Births

 * c.1520 – Girolamo Cassar, Maltese architect and engineer (d. c. 1589–92)
 * 1521: April 5 – Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect and engineer (d. 1570)
 * 1527 – Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch architect and engineer (d. c. 1607)

Deaths

 * 1520: April 6 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)